Lisa Conway is the host of the Salon Conversation podcast, where she has honest, practical conversations with salon owners and industry leaders about what it really takes to build a profitable business and a life they love. Through candid storytelling, real-world strategies and decades of experience, Lisa tackles the challenges most salon owners face but few people talk about.
She is the bestselling author of The Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail - three books that have become practical guides for salon, spa and clinic owners wanting to grow profitable businesses, build high-performing teams and create exceptional client experiences.
After more than 30 years in the hair and beauty industry as a stylist, multi-salon owner, educator and business mentor, Lisa has dedicated her career to teaching salon owners the business skills they were expected to know but were never taught.
Known for her authentic, unfiltered style, Lisa shares both her successes and failures with equal honesty. Her philosophy is simple: "Life doesn't get easier - we just get better at handling the hard." Rather than teaching theory, she shares practical lessons drawn from real experience, making complex business challenges relatable, memorable and immediately actionable.
Lisa is passionate about helping salon owners understand that technical talent alone isn't enough to build a successful business. She believes leadership, communication, retail, team development and financial confidence are all learnable skills that can transform both a business and the owner's quality of life.
As the founder of The Salon Mentors, Lisa has helped thousands of salon, spa and clinic owners attract better clients, develop stronger teams, increase profitability and reclaim their time - without losing the passion that first inspired them to join the industry.
Whether she's interviewing world-class guests on the Salon Conversation podcast or appearing as a guest herself, Lisa delivers engaging, humour filled conversations with practical takeaways, memorable stories and refreshing honesty that audiences can immediately apply to their own business and life.